Category: Nations
US ambassador allowed to visit arrested reporter Gershkovich in Moscow for the first time
Pravda Ukraine Lynne Tracy, US Ambassador to Russia, has visited a Wall Street Journal reporter, Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested on charges of espionage, in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre for the first time. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/17/7398247/
Read MoreKremlin spokesman offers no comment on sentence to Kara-Murza
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to the prosecution, Kara-Murza during a speech in the lower house of the legislature of the US state of Arizona groundlessly accused the Russian army of using prohibited means and methods of warfare in Ukraine https://tass.com/politics/1605477
Read MoreUS was ready to nuke Russia earlier this century — Kurchatov Institute head
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Mikhail Kovalchuk also said nuclear weapons were used against a real enemy only once: in August 1945, and then the United States went unpunished https://tass.com/defense/1605475
Read MoreEU lawmakers call for summit to control ‘very powerful’ AI
Jerusalem Post They met in response to a letter that warned that AI could spread misinformation at an unprecedented rate, and that machines could “outnumber, outsmart, obsolete and replace” humans. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech-and-start-ups/article-739471
Read MoreNumber of Russia’s IT industry employees rises by 12% in 2022
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Maxim Parshin, salaries in the IT industry are now twice as high as in other industries https://tass.com/economy/1605473
Read MoreUS ambassador to Russia says she visited Gershkovich in Lefortovo detention unit on Monday
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Moscow’s Lefortovsky District Court has ruled to take Gershkovich into custody until May 29 https://tass.com/society/1605469
Read MoreAmerica’s Most Prolific Logger Recasts Itself as Environmental Do-Gooder
Wall Street Journal Weyerhaeuser uses new climate math to court green investors, while cutting down as many trees as ever. https://www.wsj.com/articles/weyerhaeuser-logging-carbon-emissions-offset-market-environment-76850c01
Read MoreSudan conflict needs to be resolved by country’s people, MFA says
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It also noted that all the necessary measures had been taken to protect foreign missions as well as the offices of international organizations in Khartoum https://tass.com/world/1605467
Read MoreCoal Is Too Hot to Handle—Maybe Even for Glencore
Wall Street Journal The Swiss commodities giant has long argued that its thermal-coal assets worked better as part of a diversified miner. But its new bid for Teck Resources calls that contention into question. https://www.wsj.com/articles/coal-is-too-hot-to-handlemaybe-even-for-glencore-7188edae
Read MoreRussian Prisons ‘Lost’ Up to 17,000 Convicts in 2022 – Mediazona
Moscow Times In exchange for a six-month military contract, mercenary outfit Wagner offered prisoners a pardon. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/17/russian-prisons-lost-up-to-17000-convicts-in-2022-mediazona-a80859
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